The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-12-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

lineage lady ito dealer)-" dave
you dessert knives?" Dealer-"Yes,
madame, complete assortment
Chicago lady-'1 want them quite dull,
for eating pie, you know. "-Charleston
Neaos.
That was a bright girl who said to
Der bashtul lover: 81 propose, my
dear, that you offer yourself to me. and
don't be afraid that shall not accept
YOU" He didn'twait for another hint.
-Gorhan, Mountaineer.
The Tombstone (Arizona) Epitaph
says: That 500 bill that passed through
the hands of some of our most promi-
nent business men, was pronounced
counterfeit at the bank not less than
three different times, and finally found
its way to the money drawer of faro
bank, is creating considerable of sem
sation.
but you may be entertaining an
angel, madam" said Tom O'Brien.
tramp, to Mrs. Pyburn, of New Albany,
Sunday. Eyes, you smell like one long
dead, assented the lady, meditatively.
''but I'll let the Pyburn before I'll set
it up for you, nevertheless. Then he
went out and set fire to her barn, got
shot in the leg, and is eating locusts
and wild honey in the county jail.
Accompanying band of Clayoquot
indians at Seattle, Washington Terri
tory. was seen probably as envious a
specimen of unfortunate humanity as
was ever born. 1t was half man and
half bear, apparently, though more OF
the animal than the human being about
it. 1t could not talk or walk upright
Its expression was that of bear, with
a particularly wild and restless look
about the eyes.
The Saskatchewan IN. W. T)
Herald said in a recent issue: The ter
rible havoc which the gopher is able to
commit was shown few days ago at
Balgonie, where James Wilson discov.
cred no less than S1S grains of barley
in the paunch of a gopher which he had
killed. and 256 kernels of wheat, some
still with the chaff on, were found in
the paunch of another which had been
trapped before it had brought its oper-
ations so near completion.
The Oregon Alpine Club has been
organized in Portland. 1t is proposed
to collect information regarding the
many snow peaks of the region for the
benefit of the members of the club and
tourists who may wish either to ascend
them or pass an outing around their
bases. and thereby be the means of at
tracing to points of interest within the
Northwest. Among the officers of the
club will be historian, who will keep
record of all the successful and more
interesting ascents.
The largest retail store in the
United States has just been opened in
Brooklyn. 1t is stocked in curious
way. A Fulton street candy man sells
the candy. Broadway Japanese con-
Germ sells the bric-a- brac, a New York
shoe house sells the shoes, and so it
goes. The owners of the store sell
nothing but the dry goods, and the rest
of the concern is made up of two score
separate establishments, which pay a
commission or rental to the owners.
Yesterday a glass tumbler was
accidentally thrown out of the window
of the telephone Office, on the fifth story
of the Trust Building, and when it
struck the pavement below it rang like
bell, and Ben Flowers, who was pass
ing at the time, picked it up, safe and
sound. In striking, it actually
knock off an inch or two of the corner
of brick. This occurrence is extraor-
binary, and hardly ever might happen
again. -Harrisbarg Cali.
Mr.. John Stewart, a dry goods
clerk at Renfrew, Ont, met with a
very peculiar accident about a week
ago. He was standing with a lead
pencil in his mouth, when fellow
clerk threw handful of socks over to
him. The bundle struck the pencil and
knocked it down his mouth. 1t fast.
ened in his throat, and it is surmised
that piece of the lead broke off and
remained in his palate. His mouth be.
came so painful that he was obliged to
seek medical attention.
Il was passing the corner Of
Seventh and Main streets, said gen.
tleman to a Louisville reporter, land
there was quite crowd there. A lady
with % bright red head of hair came
along. One young man gazed at hel
hair rather more intently than was 20.
lite. She looked at him and said, sar
castically: You need not look for the
white horse; yonder it is across the
street. The young man was so stag
gered by her snpb that he walked away
without glaucing at the horse, which
was really there, as the lady had said
An Albany gentleman of thought.
less, inquisitive turn of mind few
mornings since met a lady friend wht
is employed as a saleslady in city
store, and noticing her changed APP
pearance in countenance asked her i
she had been i'll. She replied that sh.